The Jewish Heritage Program was launched by World Monuments Fund in 1988 to draw attention to Jewish cultural heritage under threat as a result of the Jewish Diaspora and the inability of smaller communities to care for their sacred and secular sites. This publication describes ten historic...Read more

Offers a concise history of Angkor, the capital seat of the Khmer empire between the 9th and 13th centuries, and of the 12th century temple complex of Preah Khan, one of the most significant remains of the ancient Khmer civilization. Issued at a time when a ten-year conservation program of the...Read more

(English translation of French poster text)
At mid-height, Meryemana Kilisesi is buried midair in mother earth.
The trail crosses the orchard in the valley of Kiliclar, where vines bloom from their mounds of earth, and ascends 45 meters high where the valley narrows. In a quasi vertical crevice,...Read more

With a $5 million lead grant from American Express Company WMF proudly announces the establishment of the World Monuments Watch, a major new program aimed at identifying and preserving the world's most important endangered cultural landmarks...Read more

During the summer of 1995, the Archdiocese of Lithuania, in conjunction with St. John&rsquo;s University in New York and World Monuments Fund, hosted an international charrette to plan for the conservation and adaptive re-use of the Bernardine Complex, located in the UNESCO World Heritage site...Read more

Following a successful planning charrette in the town of Valtice, situated in Southern Moravia of the Czech Republic, World Monuments Fund and Greenways/Zelene Stezky hosted a similar charrette in the neighboring town of Lednice during the summer of 1994. The focus of these efforts was the zamek,...Read more

In January WMF completed the first phase of restoration of the Tempel Synagogue in Cracow, a project launched and financed by the Jewish Heritage Council (JHC). An expert team of Polish architects and engineers completely replaced the building's standing seam metal roof and its related water...Read more

Reports on the third field campaign of World Monuments Fund at the temple complex of Preah Khan in Angkor, Cambodia, which took place in 1994-1995. The report describes accomplishments in research and conservation. A major research advance was a Spaceborn Imaging Radar survey of Angkor undertaken...Read more

Describes an investigation into the prospect of adapting the 18th century Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg for use as a house museum interpreting the history and life of the last Romanovs, the last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia. The neoclassical palace was designed by...Read more

The Chassidic Route is a tourist route following the traces of Jewish communities through southeastern Poland, and soon also western Ukraine. Twenty-three communities in which priceless reminders of a centuries-old Jewish presence have survived have already joined the project. These are: Baligród,...Read more